Post by theoldeladyshade on Apr 11, 2015 23:42:57 GMT
Firstly let me say that i ADORE any 70's paperback sci fi compendium with a full colour glossy advert for cigarettes in the middle. Especially if the fag being advertised has a special crush filter or some gimmick that makes it desirable to the nerdy set.
Along with the above mentioned ad this book contains (and starts off with) And He Built a Crooked House by Heinlein, a longtime personal favourite, Narrow Valley by by R. A. Lafferty, which i swear ive read before, snarky, tongue in cheeky. Wall of Darkness by Clarke follows and for once i thought his effort was weak and masturbatory. not his best and maybe his worst, at least that ive read. the Destiny of Milton Gomrath by Alexei Panshin is about a man who is in the right space of a wrong universe and is offered things to be set right by a stranger. the results are more of the same drudgery for him (not for me!). good effort and again ive read this one before also. Stanley toothbrush, authored by Terry Carr was up next, about a man who, as we've all done, rolled a word around in our head til it sounded so funny that, well, you'll just have to read it. good stuff. odd and dreamlike, Inside by Carol Carr (wife of Terry) is about someone who seems to create the small house around her in her sleep. the Captured Cross Section by Miles J. Breuer M.D. really scores the other dimensional Sci-Fi points in this most qualifying of stories for this book to carry its moniker. A scientist finds a way to tilt space so that dimension bleed onto each other with unintended results for his loved one. Mugwamp 4 by Robert Silverman is a campy, smart-alecky short about a phone call that takes an unexpected turn leading to time travel, dimension crossing and finally, a phone call that takes an unexpected... lather, rinse, repeat. the Worlds of If by Stanley G. Weinbaum could be taken as a cautionary tale to slacker. Be On Time! a chronically late kid and a scientist use a machine that looks sideways in time to see what might have been if only we'd... Disappearing Act by Alfred Bester takes us to a close with a war story about an secret ward in a hospital containing mysterious patients...or does it?
Bonus points from the Kangaroo for great cover art. Pretty solid story telling. It's something when Clarke is the weak spot.
Along with the above mentioned ad this book contains (and starts off with) And He Built a Crooked House by Heinlein, a longtime personal favourite, Narrow Valley by by R. A. Lafferty, which i swear ive read before, snarky, tongue in cheeky. Wall of Darkness by Clarke follows and for once i thought his effort was weak and masturbatory. not his best and maybe his worst, at least that ive read. the Destiny of Milton Gomrath by Alexei Panshin is about a man who is in the right space of a wrong universe and is offered things to be set right by a stranger. the results are more of the same drudgery for him (not for me!). good effort and again ive read this one before also. Stanley toothbrush, authored by Terry Carr was up next, about a man who, as we've all done, rolled a word around in our head til it sounded so funny that, well, you'll just have to read it. good stuff. odd and dreamlike, Inside by Carol Carr (wife of Terry) is about someone who seems to create the small house around her in her sleep. the Captured Cross Section by Miles J. Breuer M.D. really scores the other dimensional Sci-Fi points in this most qualifying of stories for this book to carry its moniker. A scientist finds a way to tilt space so that dimension bleed onto each other with unintended results for his loved one. Mugwamp 4 by Robert Silverman is a campy, smart-alecky short about a phone call that takes an unexpected turn leading to time travel, dimension crossing and finally, a phone call that takes an unexpected... lather, rinse, repeat. the Worlds of If by Stanley G. Weinbaum could be taken as a cautionary tale to slacker. Be On Time! a chronically late kid and a scientist use a machine that looks sideways in time to see what might have been if only we'd... Disappearing Act by Alfred Bester takes us to a close with a war story about an secret ward in a hospital containing mysterious patients...or does it?
Bonus points from the Kangaroo for great cover art. Pretty solid story telling. It's something when Clarke is the weak spot.